View Activation Priority

You can create a customized view for all documents opened with a particular template or for documents opened without a template. Besides, there are some factory built-in views and views coming with the distribution (to learn more about Serna views, see Serna View Customization). You should note that every time you start Serna or open a document in Serna, the view to be activated is chosen in order of priority.

For example, if you save some Serna view for a DITA Task document (e.g. c:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_LOGIN\.serna-3.2\oasis-dita-task.sui), it will override the DITA Task template-specific view file coming with the distribution (c:\Program Files\Syntext\Serna-3.2\plugins\dita\oasis-dita-task.sui).

The views are activated according to the following priority rules:

The document is opened in WYSIWYG mode.
  1. If the document is opened from the recent files list ( Document -> Open Recent ), the view for this document is restored exactly as it was when closing the document.

  2. Otherwise, if the document is opened with a template:

    1. If there is a template-specific view file in c:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_LOGIN\.serna-3.2, it is activated ( Template level).

    2. Otherwise, if there is a template-specific view file in sernaInstallationPath\plugins\templatename, it is activated ( Template Original level).

    3. Otherwise, a built-in view in sernaInstallationPath\ui is activated ( Built-in level).

  3. Otherwise, if the document is opened without a template:
    1. If there is a no-template view file in c:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_LOGIN\.serna-3.2 (for Windows), it is activated ( No-Template level).

    2. Otherwise, a built-in view in sernaInstallationPath\ui is activated ( Built-in level).

No document is opened
  1. If there is a no-document view file in c:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_LOGIN\.serna-3.2, it is activated ( No-Template level).

  2. Otherwise, a built-in no-document view in sernaInstallationPath\ui is activated ( Built-in level).

Note:

View files of different types ( .sui, .scc, .xsltp, .tpp) are searched for independently.

Related information
Changing Serna View
Saving Customized Serna View
Restoring Original Serna View